Sarah Steinwand, 41, of Crested Butte, Colorado, was caught in the debris of the avalanche in the backcountry near Silverton, but a man who was skiing with the snowboarder escaped

The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said.

One person has been killed in a weekend avalanche in Colorado. Authorities in Grand County responded Saturday to what they described as a skier-triggered avalanche in a steep area known as "The Fingers” above Berthoud Pass in central Colorado.

A snowboarder in Colorado's backcountry was killed in an avalanche west of Silverton on Thursday.According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, a skier and snowboarder were traveling in the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek drainage when they were caught in an avalanche in the terrain known as The Nose.

A snowboarder died after being caught in an avalanche near Silverton on Thursday. A skier who was also in the avalanche was able to escape. According to a report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center,

A backcountry snowboarder has died in an avalanche near Colorado’s Ophir Pass. The victim was a 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte. She was riding a line known as “The Nose” on February 20, 2025 when she and her partner were caught in a slide,

Avalanches are claiming lives across the western U.S. Authorities in Colorado said one slide was triggered by a skier in a steep area.

SILVERTON, Colo. — A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of southwestern Colorado on Thursday, the fourth person to die in an avalanche in the U.S. West this week after a string of winter storms.

Colorado snowboarder was killed in powerful snow slide near Silverton while a partner skiing with her survived

Three snowmobilers were partially buried by debris when they were caught in an avalanche north of Granby on Saturday.

In a separate incident, four people caught in another avalanche escaped serious injury, Colorado officials say.